Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

The Hunt for Hope in the Genome

Three decades ago, a team of researchers—including future Tufts President Anthony P. Monaco—combed through millions of DNA letters to find the flawed gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Here’s how their work led to the first-ever FDA-approved drug for treating the deadly disease.

Researchers develop accurate, non-invasive method to detect bladder cancer

Atomic force microscopy accurately identifies cancer in patients by examining the surface of cells expelled in urine.
Regeneration science takes a leap forward

A wearable bioreactor delivering treatment to a frog’s wound induced partial limb regeneration
Stalking the Drones

A data startup led by a Fletcher alum investigates unmanned aerial vehicles to understand how they and other autonomous systems work
Tell Me More: Physician-Scientist and Innovator Daniel Kraft

Kraft talks about the future of health and medicine—and where technology can take us

Spotlights

M.S. in Innovation Management

An intensive, one-year professional master’s program that prepares you with important business and leadership skills to hit the ground running earlier in your career.
Bridge Professorships

Encouraging the recruitment of interdisciplinary faculty whose teaching and research are relevant to multiple academic units.
Civic Seed

An innovative, multiplayer game developed at Tisch College to prepare students for work in the community.
Tisch College Community Research Center

Promotes collaborative research with community partners to redress issues of disparity, inequality and social injustice.
Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)

Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
Kaplan Lab

Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.